2. ) An international organization with 146 members, including the United States. The main functions of the International MonetaryFund are to lendfunds to member nations to finance temporary balance of payments problems, to facilitate the expansion and balanced growth of international trade, and to promote international monetary cooperation among nations. The IMF also creates special drawing rights (SDRs), which provide member nations with a source of additional reserves. Member nations are required to subscribe to a Fundquota, paid mainly in their own currency. The IMF grew out of the Bretton Woods Conference of 1944. See also G-10 (Group of Ten) Countries.